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27 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 27 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 Bertha House Kopanong @16h00 Bertha House Kopanong The Architecture of Words: C A A Davids Finuala Dowling and Nancy Richards speak to Aoife Lennon-Ritchie about their writing processes
C C A A Davids is is a a a a a a a a a writer and and editor living in in in Cape Town Her fiction has appeared in in in Twist and and African Pens: New New Writing from Southern Africa Africa (published by New New Africa Africa Books April 2007) Her debut novel The Blacks of Cape Town (2013) was shortlisted for the Edinburgh International Book Book Festival’s First Book Book Award the the University of Johannesburg Debut Writing Prize and the the SALA First-Time Published Author Award Her most recent novel How to be be a a a a a Revolutionary has has just hit the shelves and has has been incredibly well received Finuala Dowling was born in in in in Cape Town a a a a a a a city she has recorded in in in in both her her fiction and her her poetry She has taught English at the the the University University of of South Africa and the the the University University of of Cape Town as as as well as as as other institutions but now works as a a a a a a freelance writer and creative writing teacher Her five collections of poetry include Pretend you Don’t Know Me a a a a new and selected volume that brings together many of her her most popular poems Her sixth novel The Man Who Loved Crocodile Tamers has recently been published Nancy Richards is is is an an an independent print radio journalist podcast host and media trainer She is is is the founder of Woman Zone an an an NPO and The The Women’s Library at Artscape The The Skipper’s Daughter was published in 2021 Aoife Lennon-Ritchie Lennon-Ritchie is the the owner of the the Lennon-Ritchie Lennon-Ritchie Agency a a a a boutique literary agency based in in Cape Town The agency represents a a a a a a a a select group of of international writers of of literary and commercial fiction and and and non-fiction and and and of of of T V V and and and film scripts She is the author of of of a a a a a a a a fantasy Viking series that kicked off with A Viking Legend 19